Automobile-fender.



W. F. PEREZ.

AUTOMOBILE FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. H, 1913. 1,151,251. Patented 06u19, 1915.

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W. F. PEREZ.

- AUTOMOBILE FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-11.1913. 1,157,251. y Patented. 0@I.19,1915. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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W. F. PEREZ. AUTOMOBILE FENDER. APPLICATION FlLED OCT. ll. 1913.

Patented O0t.19,1915.

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vWALDO E. PEREZ, OE CnIoAGdILLINoIs, AssIGNOR To THE STANDARD FENDER COMPANY, INC., OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OE DELAWARE.

To all @071.06m it may concern: l, f Be it known that I, WALDO F. PEREZ, citizen of the? UnitedStates, residing atChicago, 'in the county of.v Cook and yState of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful improvements in Automobile-Fenders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

. This invention relates .to fenders for auto? 'mobiles and has as itsobject to provide a fender which when in lowered position will havey its rforward .or engaging. end located close. to the ground surface so as to provide against the li-ability `of a: personstruclr falling beneath the wheels but which will, when in raised position, beout Of position to*` be .struck by` obstacles .in the road vsurface,

whereby` to permit ofi?, the .',vehicle` being driven over rough roads. A J Itis anotheraim of the invention to pro-V vide 'a fender so constructed that it may be readily applied to practically anyfiautomobile without `altering* the construction lof the vehicle or necessitatingA the drilling' of a number of holes in theframe thereof.

The invention furtherfraims to providea vfend'erforautomobile'soffsuch formthat a H personstruck bythe fender will vbe carried or thrown toward the? center thereof, thereby insuring against being run over l by the 30 wheels of the car. Y A'fu'rtheraimj of the invention is to provide means for adjusting'the forward or en# gaging'end ofithefender in accordance with the road conditionsf-sothat the fender -may be positioned close to the road surface orelevated'a considerabley distance above the same as may be desired. f. f' f 1- In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 f is a perspective view- 'of' the fender embodyving the present invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof. fFigB isa vertical front Yto rear Ysectional View ofthe fender. Fig. 4

is a view partly'in elevation andvpartly in section, illustrating the manner in which the frame of they fender is mounted upon the chassis frame of the car.` Fig. 5 is ade"- tail view inside elevation ofth nis'mf'or! adjusting the fender.V f

In the drawings the body ofthe caris indicated inl general by the reference numeral 1,' the frontj axle the numeralQ, the wheels chassis frame bythe numeral 4, The 'fendery'comprises a" relativelyy rigid ars of the portion which is dmountedy upon the chassis Specification of Letters Patent.

AUTOMOBILE-FENDER.

portion supported by the rigid portion. The said rigid portion of the fender includes essentially a frame, the rear portion of which includes side members 5 preferably of channel iron, each having integral with its, upper end. a laterally and upwardly curved arm 6 and these said side portions are disposed at their upper ends against the inner sides of the side bars 4 of the chassis frame, with the lowerends of their arms 6 resting upon the upper sides ofthe side bars and are held in place by means of clip plates 7 vand bolts 8 which are secured through the plates at opposite sides of the said ends of the arms 6 and-at opposite sides of the rel spective side'bars of the chassis. By securing theframe members inthe manner stated the drilling of bolt holesthrough lthe bars 4 isobviated. The lower ends of the side bars 5 are Vconnected byia cross frame bar 9 and the upper ends of the arms 6 are braced by means of brace rods 10 secured at one end thereto and at their other ends to the side bars 4 as indicated at 11. The rigid frame portion also includes sides12 which for the greater portions ofv their lengths are gradually curved f with their concave sides presented toward and in advance of the wheels 3 andtheir convex sides presented forwardly and at their upper ends the said side bars 12 are each turned inwardly laterally as at 13 and thence rearwardly as at 14 and secured to the upper ends of the arms 6. The laterally extending portion 13 of each side member 12 extends in front of the upper forward end ofthe mud guard at the respective side of the machine, the major portion of each 'side member andv the ,rearwardly` extending portion 14 beinglocated at opposite 'y STATESRATENTCFMCE. i

-Patented Oct. 19, 1915. .f Applicationled October 11, 1913. Serial No. 794,672.

and at their inner ends to intermediate frame bars 16 which extend in parallel relation upwardly and rearwardly and are sev cured at theirupper and rear ends as at 17 to across bar 18 in turn secured at its ends to the chassis bars y4.' The intermediate frame bars 16 are connected by the frame bar 9y as well as by a cross bar'19 extending parallel to the bar 9 and in front thereof.

" Thesupportingmesh or web of the fender maybe formed from wire, rods, strapiron,

or, Vin fact, any fmaterial suitable vfor vthe i purpose, and it will be observed by reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings that that portion of the Vframe bounded by the cross bar 9,-5the-i-ntermediate barsVVV 16, andthe cross bar 19, is provided with a supporting, web or filling 20, that portion of the frame bounded by the side bar`s12, the intermediate bars Y16, the siderbars andtheir'respective arms, and the frame-bars :15,: being provided with'a supporting web or "filling 21, both* webs or llin'gs in theV present instance being formed from interwoven strap iron. Itis preferablethat .the webs or lilll ings 21 be shaped asshown inY Figs;A 1 and feo 2 of thedrawings so .as to provide. asurface 'i sloping downwardly'from the vportions 13 and 111 of the sidemembors k12 of thel frame yand toward the intermediate or central web 20, the plane of which 'is' considerablyA below the upper.' portions of the iillings 21.Y YIt is to be noted that the portions of the webs 21 which are secured to the side bars 5 constitute substantially vertical walls locatedl yat the opposite sides-,of thewebor lling'20 and-:at thefnbottomspof ythe Vsloping surface, portions above mentioned, so that a person struck by the fender and falling uponY either l of the `sloping portions will be directed on to the surface 20 andvheld between the vertical portions of the web orfllling21. f The forward or .folding portion of the fender consists of a ffra'me,the' sides of which are indicated by the numeral 22 they being vrearward extensions "of the forward frame bar indicated at v23. Thisframe also includes intermediate frame bars 24kv which extend parallel to eachother and to the bars n v,corresponding wings ofthe intermediate frame bars 16.V The projecting portions of the other wings ofthese bars extendrespectively beside the-upper or rear ends of the side Vbars 22 andthe intermediate bars 24 andpivots V26 serve to connect said'endsfof"V the bars in such manner that when the` fold` able portion of the fender is in lowered or operative position these pivoted ends will engage behind Ior beneath the cutaway wings ofthe frame -bars 12 and 16 whereby the said vportion ofthe fender'willbe supported; rigid with relation'. to the first-de! lscribed portions thereof.. It ywill be appar-.-

ent, however,v.that the .forward portionpf l the fender may be swung up.and`f"may assumethe position shown indotted linesin Fig. 3 .of the drawings.W The intermediate frame bars 24lare connected attheirrear vor upper ends by means of across bar 27-j and porting webs, indicated bythe numeral 29,

the sidel bars are connected A4at their rear ends' t'o ,the rear ends of the bars means -offcross bars 28.*--Theintermediate and end divisions' of the "frame of-this por# tion of the fender are provided withsupand corresponding in structure tothe sup,-

porting webs of the rst-desCribed-'portion llofthe fender. s

' As before stated, means provided,` for 'raising and lowering the forwardportion of theffender and fork holding the same; elevated yand out vof position to' strike obstacles in the road, and .thismeans will. now'ber de.- scribed". i' Mounted` uponfi oneof the .intermediate frame bars l16 is a lever having` an arm 30 extending above theV said frame bar and anv armBl extendinggbelow the same. A rod 32 isV connected tofthe lowerend of thea-rm` 31 and to a rigidV arm 33 upon the ,respective frame bar 24C. A lever 34 is,v mounted at the side of thebodyiof the: machine anda. rod 35 is connectedgto the farm 30 and .tof the .Y said lever. ,'.Thegleverfis held .lat adjustment by meansyof-a rack segment 36 beside which the lever rocks, the leveribeingprovidedV witha tooth 37- coperatinglwiththe said segmenti It will now be Vapparent thatby rockingl the i levertgtheforward portiongofjthe fender maybe raised' and .lowered and1 that it may 95 'g assume .a" number` of; positionsr between' the full vandV dotted line positions shown in# Fig. 3.0f thredlWillgS- Y, Ti Having thus described theinventiomwhat is claimed as new; isgg;

kof the chassis bars, .and` bolts secured through the sets of clipwplates andextendf ing. ati-opposite: sides ofY the respective.

Chassis barsV andy at opposite sides of respective dframemembers;` ,Y Y f r 2,', Thecombinatin withgthe chassis/'frame 1 of Van automobile, 'of a fender .includinga frame having frarnemembers disposed oneV upon each zofftheside-bars of the chassis '12o frame Y and'V having a jportion curvedV v'up-v wardly and laterally beyondone {sidei of fthe vrespective chassisjbar, .and-'a portionextending downwardly {atv theotherQside ofjthe f Achassis bar, clip plates 'disposed 1 one upon T25 each,y of thev framer membersandfone beneath eachgofthef chassis... bars, bolts Asecured through the sets=of clipV plates and extendf 'Y ing, at opposite sides 'of the respective chassisl A, bars and tiOPPOSteSdQS-Q the respective req the 5 1.15

framemembers, and braces secured to the said curved portions of the frame members and extended rearwardly and connected to the saidchassis bars.

3. The combination with the chassis frame of an automobile, of a fenderv including a frame having frame members disposed one upon each of the sidev bars of theV chassis frame and having a portion curved .upwardly and laterally beyond one side of the respective chassis bar, and a portion extending downwardly at the other side of the chassis bar, clip plates disposedoneupon each of the frame members and one beneath each of the chassis bars, bolts secured through thesets of clip plates and extending at opposite sides of the respective chassis bars and at opposite sides of the respective frame members, braces secured to the said curved portions of the frame members and extended rearwardly and connected to the said chassis bars, the frame of the fender I Copies of this patent may be obtained for Vportions at the opposite sides of the said intermediate. y

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses. p K

WALDO F. PEREZ. [1.. s] Vitnesses: Y

CARL C. JENSEN, FRANK H. EsoHER.

vve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washingtonz ZD. C. 

